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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1849053/Shambler_Wip.jpg
Currently working on his rig and animations. Already have him working in engine too but with temp poses. Once I have him working properly then I'll post more images. The skin / texture will take me the longest though. It must be epic.... hmm, if engines supported transparency on models, fur wouldn't be too bad. you could just make a few bits that hang off the model and the rest could just be painted on.
as it is, you might be better off just going with a white albino skin interpretation instead. I think it will be the fur that makes or breaks it. Shamblers have fur!
The head looks like it is not hunched forward as much as the original. Perhaps the muscles around the elbow are slightly too large? Now that I think about it, I think a lot of underlying muscle structure would be covered by the fur? It suddenly looks a bit weird! I don't know if you intended these shots to be a size reference also, but the new Shambler looks much bigger than the old one which will cause problems when in game. Great start. Love the teeth! hmm, if engines supported transparency on models, fur wouldn't be too bad. you could just make a few bits that hang off the model and the rest could just be painted on.
I tried this on the dancing shambler model http://tomeofpreach.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/shambler-dance/ I added a tga skin with an alpha map so that the "furry" polygons could be shaped like tufts rather than triangles. The trouble is that you quickly end up with overlapping alpha-blended triangles, which start rendering in the wrong order causing visual artifacts. Doesn't mean there isn't a way to do it, but you may need to be careful. The screenshot is not a scale indication. It is also in a bind pose for those wondering why its not hunched over. The forearms and claws are bigger yes but its a style choice I am going with and it looks bloody evil in-game. Don't worry you shall see :)
As for Fur... I think I will be going more with monster distorted pale flesh and blood covered skin / exposed muscle instead. of fur. Maybe I will have some fur on the back and its nether regions though. Does Quakespasm or Fritzquake support alphakey on MDL models? 1bit alpha like they use on the sprite FX? That would avoid alpha sorting on models.
As soon as I read your post, I envisioned a version with Zendar textures, but also involving Heretic2 textures and Ik/palace-style textures as well as Heretic 2 statue models like the giant amphibian dude, a huge super-detailed palace/ancient village getting progressively slimier as the map descends towards the waterfront. Then I remembered, there's no time to map and even if there is I have other things I must finish. But damn that was a great idea anyway!
a huge super-detailed palace/ancient village getting progressively slimier as the map descends towards the waterfront.
Something like this? hehe, that was actually going to be a sort of weird arx fatalis styled map.
The idea was that the surface of the planet was constantly covered in acidic rain (the rain would have caused damage in the finished mod) and that the surface inhabitants had all moved underground, as in arx fatalis. the twist was that this somewhat medieval setting was basically a facade built overtop a high-tech facility, so stone and brick corridors have air returns where you can hear fans whirring, underground waterways lead to hydroelectric generators and eventually as you got deep enough, it was a full-on ikbase area ending in a quake rune-gate. it was kind of a reverse monster progression too, starting with demons and medieval guys and ending with tech guys. man, that video made me nostalgic... maybe THE ULTIMATE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH could be a gigantic turtle map.
Spires and palaces -> Skacky Moving parts and dungeon scenarios -> Necros and Madfox Design aesthetic and QA -> Sock A fucking cool Shambler model.
I'd vote against transparent fur, in games it just tends to look out of place. Polygons aren't suited to it IMO. http://www.compositeeffects.com/site_images/CU/HRM/image_107.jpg
Going more this type of stuff for his skin. Will be fun to pull off. I always read it as distorted flesh and gore hands and blood covered limbs / mouth after all. Never got the fur sensation. :P It just depends what folks read in those blurry pixels from the old model. Flesh or fur who the hell truly knows.
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